Meaning and history
From an English surname originally derived from a place name meaning “king’s town” in Old English, Kingston became much more popular after musicians Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale chose it for their son, born in 2006.
20062006: 204 births, rank #926
2007: 893 births, rank #354
2008: 1,535 births, rank #241
2009: 1,613 births, rank #225
2010: 1,677 births, rank #214
20112011: 1,579 births, rank #228
2012: 1,778 births, rank #210
2013: 2,130 births, rank #190
2014: 2,602 births, rank #158
2015: 2,971 births, rank #142
20162016: 3,149 births, rank #132
2017: 3,087 births, rank #132
2018: 3,383 births, rank #117
2019: 3,295 births, rank #117
2020: 3,182 births, rank #117
20212021: 3,410 births, rank #112
2022: 2,922 births, rank #126
2023: 2,534 births, rank #142
2024: 2,094 births, rank #176
20252025: 1,725 births, rank #204
Kingston moved from #177 to #204 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 3,410 births.